There’s Just One God

“The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.” – Acts 17:24,25 Yesterday, I highlighted that God does not dwell in temples made with human hands. The temple isn’t a synagogue or a building — the temple where God dwells is you. In Paul’s day, this wasn’t a new idea. Many people were familiar with Plato, the philosopher, who didn’t believe in many gods. He believed in something close to monotheism — a “World of Forms” where everything good, right, and true originated, and a “World of Shadows” beneath it. So when Paul arrives, the idea that God doesn’t live in a man-made temple already resonates. So Paul